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Events.com has raised over $50M and is closing a $70M+ total round
“We've raised over fifty million and we're about to announce a round that takes us over seventy million and that includes the acquisitions.”
Thrower: COVID-19 caused a $3B drop in event management software
“You know, there's three billion dollar drop out of the event management software business.”
Thrower: 5% to 8% of global event organizers will fail post-COVID
“And some, we expect around five up to eight percent of the event organizers globally will actually just not make it through.”
Mitch Thrower: Events.com acquired its domain name from CBS
“And the events.com domain name is one that we acquired from CBS. Believe it or not, it was originally owned by Bill Gross, not Pimco Bill Gross, but Idealab Bill Gross.”
Events.com generated about $1.4M to $1.5M in its first 12 months
“So, I mean, in the first 12, we were probably in the maybe million and a half range, somewhere in there, 1,000,004.”
Thrower: Events.com generated $16.8M combined revenue in 2019
“Combined entities were for 19, about 16.8... 16, 16.8 million.”
Thrower: New Zealand broke 16-year event attendance records post-lockdown
“When New Zealand opened up again, After their first lockdown, which was abbreviated compared to the rest of the world, they broke 16 year attendance records at their events and have maintained like a 20 to 30% increase in the people that are going to out and e…”